Watch Idiots Attempt Epic Food Challenges (So You Don't Have To)

In light of semi-recent sad events—namely, a 19-year-old Virgina resident slipping into a coma after chugging a quart of soy sauce—we decided to take a look at other popular food challenges that you should never actually try at home. No matter if it’s eating a tablespoon of cinnamon, or chugging a gallon of milk in an hour, these moronic dares usually result in one of two things: choking and spitting the food out all at once, or straight spewing.

Watch following videos to exlpore the amazing variety of food-related challenges out there, then carry on eating like a normal person. You’ve been warned.

In light of semi-recent sad events—namely, a 19-year-old Virgina resident slipping into a coma after chugging a quart of soy sauce—we decided to take a look at other popular food challenges that you should never actually try at home. No matter if it's eating a tablespoon of cinnamon, or chugging a gallon of milk in an hour, these moronic dares usually result in one of two things: choking and spitting the food out all at once, or straight spewing.
Watch following videos to exlpore the amazing variety of food-related challenges out there, then carry on eating like a normal person. You've been warned.

The Milk Chugging Challenge

Challenge: Chug a gallon of milk in an hour.
What happens when you try it: The gallon challenge first became interesting to people after it was featured on an episode of Jackass. Both Dave England and Ehren McGhehey vomited in the episode after chugging milk in a variety of flavors. Although drinking a gallon of any liquid in an hour can be hazardous (even water is pretty much impossible), milk proves particularly problematic because it contains lactose, calcium, and casein, which are all things that your body has trouble processing when they are ingested in large quantities. Too bad for this guy, who upchucks the almost entire gallon of milk that he chugs, with only a few sips left in the carton. Damn shame.

The Cinnamon Challenge

Challenge: Eat a tablespoon of cinnamon, without the use of water, in under 60 seconds.
What happens when you try it: First popularized by the television show Big Brother UK, this challenge carries substantial health risks because the cinnamon coats and dries the mouth and throat, resulting in coughing, gagging, vomiting, and the inhalation of cinnamon dust into your lungs. Many pop culture figures have tried the challenge, including NBA players Nick Young and JaVale McGee. In this video, this woman violently spits out cinnamon at the camera after trying to swallow.

The Nutmeg Challenge

Challenge: Eat a tablespoon of nutmeg, without any water, in less than 60 seconds.
What happens when you try it: If you overdose on nutmeg, you can hallucinate or get what people on the interweb like to refer to as a "nutmeg high." You can also die or get lung damage, because a human mouth can't produce enough saliva to cope with a tablespoon of a substance that is that finely textured. In this (very disgusting) video, at about the 2:45 mark, the nutmeg causes a strong vomit reaction. Side note: We're unsure why this dude thinks nutmeg smells like "statutory rape," and we really don't want to.

The Vanilla Extract Challenge

Challenge: Drink an entire bottle of pure vanilla extract.
What happens when you try it: People (read: desperate high-school students) may have first started chugging large quantities of vanilla extract to get drunk, which can apparently happen—it did to this woman, who was charged with a DUI after drinking two bottles. In this video, after proclaiming, "this shit would make the most delicious meth," the challengee finishes the entire bottle of vanilla. Then burps.

The Soy Sauce Challenge

Challenge: Drink a pint of soy sauce.
What happens when you try it: Salt overdose is a real risk that you're taking when you chug soy sauce, as the 19-year-old resident of VA demonstrated when he slipped into a coma this week. The dude in this video cheats a little bit when he mixes the soy sauce with water (in light of recent events, that might have been a smart idea), but boy can he chug.

The Banana Sprite Challenge

Challenge: Quickly eat two bananas and drink one liter of Sprite without vomiting.
What happens when you try it: Some believe there is a reaction that occurs between the banana and Sprite, but realistically your stomach is just not designed to hold that much food and liquid when you force it down so quickly. Watch this guy wearing a sweet headband eat four bananas and two liters of Sprite. It's a little long, but we've cued it up to the part where you get to see him hurl. Side note: Mid-challenge, a bird takes a crap on the camera man's hand.

The Raw Garlic Challenge

Challenge: Eat 50 peeled, raw garlic cloves.
What happens when you try it: "This thing packs more of a punch than a ghost pepper," warns food challenge daredevil LA Beast. For a guy who's done almost every dangerous food challenge out there, eating 34 pieces of raw garlic—the number that set the Guinness World Records—isn't enough. He's going for 50. Of course, he ends the nose-running, eye-burning, and tongue-scorching garlic chomping with the requisite LA Beast throw-up.

The One Bottle of Vodka In 15 Seconds Challenge

Challenge: Downing a 750ml bottle of Absolut Vodka in 15 seconds.
What happens when you try it: Despite it being able to go down pretty quickly, vodka—like any alcohol— still burns the throat. This crazy man quenches his thirst with almost a full liter of straight booze. Afterwards, he notes, "Don't worry, kids, I haven't drank in like a week...so I'm just doing it all at once." This is what we'd like to call "binge drinking" or "acute alcoholism."

The Three Bottles of Lemon Juice Challenge

Challenge: Drink three bottles of lemon juice consecutively.
What happens when you try it: Just as dramatic as the LA Beast is fellow food challenger/bro Furious Pete, who downs three bottles of 100% ReaLemon juice. These "regular-strength juices" are made by concentrating the juice of real lemons and adding the appropriate amount of water, so we don't know why Pete is having such a hard time. (Side note: Still, don't try this at home.)

The Reverse Sushi Roll Challenge

Challenge: Eat a fist-sized ball of wasabi, drink a 10-ounce bottle of soy sauce, eat a mountain of sushi, and finish with a bottle of Red Bull and a half gallon of milk.
What happens when you try it: Sorry, there's just no better, more insane food challenger out there than LA Beast. There also isn't a more terrible way to create an ode to the art of sushi eating than this challenge (honestly, what would master Naomichi Yasuda think?) . It goes without saying that the challenge comes with the risk of a salt overdose, in addition to a petrification of the senses. The Beast ends up spending the bulk of his time struggling with the wasabi, because the ludicrous rules dictate that you have to finish one specific food before starting the next.

The Diet Coke and Mentos Challenge

Challenge: Drink a bottle of Diet Coke while holding a couple of Mentos in your mouth.
What happens when you try it:Science warns: "If you drop a pack of the chewy mints into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, the candy's properties react with the carbon dioxide in the soda to spew forth fizz." And even though downing these two things simultaneously will not rupture your stomach, as rumor has it, you'd still be better off not attempting this outrageous act.

The Gauntlet Challenge

Challenge: Eat six habanero peppers, 15 Warheads, two spoons of cinnamon, a mound of Mentos, a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, and a gallon of milk.
What happens when you try it: Hail the motherload of all food challenges, in which you get a little taste of many existing food challenges, including the aforementioned cinnamon and milk chugging challenges. Be prepared to sweat, curse, hyperventilate, and vomit if you dare to take on this truly epic challenge.

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